Lesson 9 Introduction

In this discussion activity, you will reflect and share what you found most interesting/surprising about the content in Lesson 9.

Impression of an Indus Valley seal, showing an “Indus script” string of five characters (British Museum, 2005 photograph); licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Instructions

After going through the lesson content, including textbook readings, slideshow, and other electronic resources, create an initial thread and respond to the following:

• What did you find most interesting and/or surprising from the Lesson 9 content covering the Harappan, Chinese, and Khmer civilizations of Asia? Why?

• Next, throughout the week, return to the discussion forum and submit a response to at least two classmates’ original threads. After that, feel free to comment as you like.

In the mid-1970’s, archaeological excavations discovered the famous Terracotta Army buried with China’s first emperor, Ying Zheng; licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Evaluation Criteria

You will be evaluated on the following:

• Content: There is no required word count, per se, but you must adequately address the questions posed and provide a meaningful, well-thought response. Did you answer the discussion question (and reply) with a thoughtful response that includes references to material presented in the lecture, readings, and/or web-readings?

• Grammar/style: Did you use proper grammar and style (spelling, complete sentences€¦) making your post easy to understand?

• Participation: Did you submit the required number of posts (3). Initial thread and response posts must be made on three separate days. [Students must submit their initial threads by the end-of-day Thursday (at the latest) and your response posts should come over the rest of the week. You may submit more than the minimum required.]

• Follow the general guidelines of discussion etiquette (see Syllabus).

Getting Started

To prepare for this discussion, you should watch the lecture slideshow and, assuming you have the textbook, skim through the supplemental readings.

• Mark this page as reviewed.

• Access the Discussion Forum, “Land of the Rising Sun” to begin. For this activity, you must first submit your intial thread before you can view/respond to other posts.

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Continue

Be sure to mark this page as “reviewed.” Then, go to the next page to access a link to the discussion forum. If the forum does not automatically open in a new window, click “€œClick to Launch.”